Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89cb2e9315de19ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.5 KB Created: 2011-05-26 16:36:39 +03:00 Authoring application: bing.wiki.usfca.edu (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 214177de6d67b22d76a975e58317c559 SHA-1: 72c0ee1e94c4806235bcf84aa154b8bdad832c1d SHA-256: 89cb2e9315de19ad645d1f4a50da2fd4d3fbac4d59bf6967fe4aeab66bb23629
68 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0036_000.js' also shows signs of obfuscation. While the exact script functionality is not fully detailed, the presence of obfuscated JavaScript within a malicious PDF strongly suggests it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload or exploit a vulnerability.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 3

  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0036_000.js
10e15f9e8e631690248396d575e9652903435250e89141f7cc58e4b3e9b10d1b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xCCDE 136 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
stream_003_off00001280.bin
ded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1280 17756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00004092.bin
a8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4092 17892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00006ed2.bin
4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6ED2 18720 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0000a15f.bin
e3eeacc5b1f780160b253f248c40fb29e5cb6416f62dd9413712ea70c37f26c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA15F 18756 bytes